7i2 cxxxii. liliacejB. 



jicuniination, the lower bracts |-|, the upper | in. long; pedicels 

 2-4-nate, |-g in. long, jointed near the top. Perianth rather more 

 than I in, long ; segments linear, acute, ^^ in, broad, 3-nerved. Stamens 

 3 in. long; anthers i in. long, linear-oblong. Style ^ in. long, slen- 

 der ; stigma minute. Capsules depressed-globose, emarginate, acutely 

 3-\vinged, | in. in diam., the cells 1-3-seeded. Seeds globose, com- 

 pressed, 1 in. in diam., finely papillose, black. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 333 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 252; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 15 (1875) p. 323; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 269,— Flowers : July-Aug, 



Stocks without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Malwan, Balzell ! S. M. Country : 

 Eelgaum Gbats, EitcJne, 1457 ! — Distrib. India (Sikkim Himalaj^a, W. Peninsula). 



2. Chlorophytum glaucum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 142. Boot-fibres cylindric. Leaves 6-8, membranous, 12-18 by 

 1-2 in., narrowly oblanceolate, acute, glabrous, glaucous, attenuated 

 into a short broad petiole. Scape strict, erect, simple, 1 -2 ft, long, 

 clothed with many narrowly lanceolate sheaths. 'Flowers white, in 

 simple dense racemes 6-12 by 1 in. ; bracts persistent, forming a 

 terminal coma before flowering, lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 

 |-1 in. long, the upper |-| in. long; pedicels ascending, |-| in. long, 

 slender, jointed at or above the middle, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth- 

 segments less than | in. long by -i- in. broad, linear-lanceolate, sub- 

 obtuse, 5-nerved. Stamens ^ in. long ; filaments minutely papillose ; 

 anthers -^ in. long. Style \ in. long ; stigma minute. Caj^sules 

 globose, emarginate, acutely 3-winged, the cells 2-4-seeded. Seeds 

 orbicular, i in. in diam., compressed, dull black, not papillose. Fl. B. L 

 v. 6, p. 334; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 252; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 15 

 (1875) p. 324; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 523; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 252. 



Stocks without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Law ! ; Sahyadri range, 

 lat. 16°-18°, Balzell ! Kanara : Law ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently 

 endemic. 



.3. Chlorophytum attenuatum, Bal-er, in Journ. Limi. Soc. v. 15 

 (1875) p. 332. Boots flesliy (not or rarely tuberous). Leaves 6-9, 

 membranous, 9-18 by |-1 in., linear, acute, slightly narrowed at the 

 base, with 15-20 distinct immersed veins. Scape glabrous, naked, erect, 

 as long as the leaves. Flovvers white, in simple (rarely forked) racemes 

 3-6 in. long, dense in the upper part ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, the upper l-^, the lower |-1 in. long; pedicels erect, jointed about 

 the middle, 2-3-nate, -^1 in. long. Perianth-segments g by Jjj in., 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse, 5-nerved. Stamens i in. long; 

 filaments i in. long, longer tl)an the anthers ; anthers narrowly linear. 

 Style \ in. long. Capsules globose, acutely 3-wingcd, broadly obcordate, 

 ^ in. in diam.; cells 3-4-seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 335; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 523. Phalanr/iuni attenuatum, 

 Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 21, t. 2037. — Flowers : rainy season. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Lnvj ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



4. Chlorophytum tuberosum, Baher, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 15 

 (1875) p. 332. Boot-fibres cylindric, with ellipsoid tubers hanging 

 from them. Leaves 6-12, mem iiranous, sessile, ()-12 by -4-1 in., shorter 

 than tlio scape, usually falcate, recurved, acuTnii\ate, the margins 



